732 - Required contractual arrangements.
§ 732. Required contractual arrangements. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided by statute finally enacted after July 1, 1969 applicable to public printing and binding generally: (1) the code; (2) the permanent supplements thereto published pursuant to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code); (3) pamphlet copies of regulations, statements of policy, general rules and rules of court published pursuant to section 729 (relating to publication of individual documents); and (4) the bulletin (unless the application of this section to the bulletin is found to be impracticable by the joint committee after notice in the bulletin and opportunity for hearing) published pursuant to section 724 (relating to preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin) and section 725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin); shall be printed or reproduced under contract with a contractor unaffiliated with the Commonwealth. (b) Competitive bidding.--Every such contract shall be given, after reasonable public invitation for proposals, to the lowest responsible bidder below such maximum price and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the joint committee. (c) Conflict of interest.--No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall be in any way interested in any purchase made by the Commonwealth under any such contract or otherwise. (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section the terms "printed" or "reproduced" shall not include mimeographed, multilithed or reproduced by any similar in-house process or produced by computer. Cross References. Section 732 is referred to in section 503 of this title.